Managing Your Projects
Derek Damron
July 13, 2016
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How to plan just a little bit so it’s easy to get shit done

Why bother?
1. The good habits you build now will pay dividends in the future
Why bother?
1. The good habits you build now will pay dividends in the future

Why bother?
1. The good habits you build now will pay dividends in the future

Why bother?
2. It feels good when you finish things
Why bother?
2. It feels good when you finish things

What this talk is not
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- A list of random tasks to make you better
- An advertisement for a particular tool
- An exhaustive manual of being productive
What this talk is
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A framework for working
quickly and effectively
What’s the secret?
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Stop and think before you dive in
What’s the secret?
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Stop and think before you dive in

What’s so special about that?
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Thinking first helps you:
- Prioritize tasks
- Maintain perspective
- Anticipate roadblocks
How should I think?
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- Map out the big steps
- Break the big steps into bite-sized chunks
- Identify potential surprises
Example 1
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We want to assess whether some new variables improve a previous model fit
Example 1
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We want to assess whether some new variables improve a previous model fit
Let’s break it down

Some observations
Communication often gets very little love
Some observations
2. Bite-sized chunks should be both mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive

Example 2
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MC Redux
